Ruling apparatus



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,421

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FORATION OF PENNSYLVANHL Returns- APPARATUS.

Original application led September 22, 1919, Serial No. 325,368," Divided and this application filed February 23, 15423.

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Be it known that l, Animar BnoADMnrnu, a citizen ot' the United, States, residingl at llarrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ot Pennsylvania, liave invented certain new and uset'ul linproven'ionts in Ruling` Apparatus, oit which the ollewir@` is z specilication.` i l C The present invention relates more part1cularly to the means -for ,directing and guiding` sheets of paperI to the ruling mechanism, the object being to provide means et' a novel and etlectivev character, whereby the cords that cooperate with the conveyor sheet may be easily adjusted with respect to cach other and with relation to the ruling pens.

The *present application is a division of my co-pending application, Serial No. 325,- 368, led September 22, 1919.-

n the accompanying` drawings Figure l is a vertical sectional view and diagrammatic in its character et a portion et a ruling` machine, showing the conveyer belt and holdingl cords with .the guiding means for the latter.

Figure 2 is a plan view ot the same,

Figure-3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale through one of the oord guides and its support,

Figure il is a horizontal sectional view therethrough,

Figure 5 is a plan view of one ot the guides and its support,

Figure 6 is an end elevation oit one of the cord guide heads.

In the embodiment disclosed al suitable frame is employed, including standards, one of which is illustrated at 2l, and in this frame is located a work conveyer in the form ot an endless belt 13, the upper stretch 24 of which extends longitudinally within the Ytrame and constitutes a carrier tor the sheets of paper to be ruled. This belt passes around a drivingcylinder or roller 26, and the upper stretch 24 thereof operates over the upper convexed tace ot' a stationary table 27. Suitable guiding rollers 28 are ein-l ployed, and in order that the said belt may lContact with a considerable portion of the cylinder or driving roller 26, a tension roller 29 engages it, adjacent to said roller.V To insure the belt lying flat upon the table 27 and ,to hold the paper absolutely firm on the Sera1-No. 620,800;

belt, a roller 33 is placed in advance oi said table in a slightly lower plane than the trent edge ot' the saine. Other rollers 35 and 36, are, interposed. between the drivfuig,- cylinder or lroller, 26 and the roller 33 to cause the portion oil the belt` between said rollers 26 and 33 to have a generally in )wardly con'- Y vexodvpath, causing,` a gradually increasing grip upon the paper sheets.

To hold the paper properly upon theupper stretch 24: et the convcyerbelt, a plurali ty ot endless cords ll() are'employed, these cords -parg-'silla` at the trent` end ot the inalchine y roller 2G, thence passing-under the roller andr lying flat upon and longitudinally ol. the upper stretch 2a ot the belt.

To insure any desired locations Vfor the cords individual guides are employed Vfor each. rThe standards 2l-support a horizontal rod 46 and on this lrod are slidahlymounted the said guides. Each guide consistente collar e? surroundingthe red and Containing a friction springfl that .snuglyemaround a roller lil placed above the braces and vthus grips the rod sulliciently to 4 52 and can be introduced or removed there-v from by reason of said mouths 53, yet when Vin place'are held against accidental detach ment. It will also be evident that the guides can be individually shifted along` the supporting rod, 416 to any points desired and the cords will 'be correspondingly positioned.

Mounted above the table 27 is shown a pen beam 54, which may be ot' any desired construction, and is provided with` pens 55 adapted to operate in a welldrnown manner upon sheets carried by the upper stretch 2l of the conveyor belt 23, and held thereon by the cords 40. The positions et' the pens 55 can be varied. to suit the particular work being 'done and obviously l the cords canaiso be adjusted so that they will not .interfere with the pens, as indicated in F igstood that various changes in the size, shape,

proportion and minor details `of construe` tion, may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ot the `ad` vantages ot' the invention. y

Y Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is1

l. In a ruling machine, a movable endless Work-holding cord, and an yadjustably supported guide for the cord having an eye through Whichthe' cord passes.`

2. In al ruling machine, yhaving ainovable endless Work-holding cord, a supporting rod, Vand a `guide for said cord, said guide having an adjustable mounting on the rod and having a niemberthat yieldingly bears against the'rod tofrictionally hold the guide in different positions.

3. In a ruling machine having a movable endless Work-holding cord, a supporting rod, a-guide for said oord having a collar slidable onthe rod, land a frictionspring carried `by the collar and frictionally engaging the rod to normally 'hold said collar Vagainst movement on the rod.V

'4. In a ruling machine having a plurality of A4movableendless work-holding elements, an independent guide for each of said elements, said guidev having an eye through `which the elementp'as'ses,1a supporton'ivhich disposed transversely Vof the said cords, collars slidable on the rod and having internal springs for frictionally engaging the rod to hold the collars in diii'erent positionson the rod', and guide eyes carried by the Collars and through which said'coitls are adapted to pass. y

n 6. In a ruling machine havingv afmovablo Work-holding cord, the combination with a rsu i aortin(r rod of a collar ad'ustable alonfT D 7 C the saine, and a stemslidably mounted in the collar and havingr a head provided with a guideivay through v'which saidV cord is adapted .to pass.

7. In' a ruling machine having a movable ivork-holding cord, the combination with a supporting rod, of a collar adjustable along the saine and having a contractile clamp,

and a steinheld by the clamp and having a heaclprovided with reversely disposed .hooks forming a guideivay through which said cord is adapted rto pass.l y l yIn testimony whereof, I ailix my signature.'

ALBERT BROADMEYER. 

